B1110 road
| B1110 | |
|---|---|
 The B1110 road through the village of Thornage | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 19 mi (31 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Holt 52°54′10″N 1°05′18″E / 52.9028°N 1.0882°E |
| A148 B1354 A1067 B1145 B1146 | |
| South end | Dereham 52°40′51″N 1°02′10″E / 52.6809°N 1.0361°E |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Road network | |
The B1110 runs for about 19 miles (31 km) between Holt[1] and Dereham,[2] and is entirely within the county of Norfolk.[3] The road is a link between the A148 and the A47 at the town of Dereham.
History
[edit]This ancient route predates the Norman Conquest[4] and was used by pilgrims who travelled between the Saxon cathedral, seat of the Bishop of East Anglia, at North Elmham and the abbey at Walsingham and Binham Priory. This ancient road also can be seen very clearly on William Faden's map of Norfolk[5] which was surveyed between 1790 and 1794. This map, the first large-scale map (at one inch to the mile) of the whole county, is a record of the landscape and transport system of the county of Norfolk in late 18th century, and shows that despite the Parliamentary Enclosure of the early 19th century the route has changed very little. Much of the route on the map is highlighted in a pale pink which marks it out as an important artery of the time.
Destinations
[edit]Travelling from north-northeast to south, the road passes through:
- Thornage
- Briningham
- Swanton Novers
- Guist
- Broom Green
- North Elmham
- Dereham
References
[edit]- ^ OS Explorer Map 24 – Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 238 – Dereham & Aylsham, Castle Acre & Reepham. ISBN 0-319-23810-5
- ^ County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5
- ^ The Normans in Norfolk, By Sue Margeson, Fabienne Seillier and Andrew Rogerson, Pub: 1994, Link between Norman Castles in Norfolk, ISBN 0-903101-62-9
- ^ Faden’s Map of Norfolk 1797, Digitally redrawn in 2005 by Andrew Macnair. North Central Map ISBN 978-0-9550398-2-9